offshore tech
RSS offshore techExclusive: Barclays to offshore 1,800 UK tech jobs
News Barclays is to cut 1,800 IT posts in the UK as part of plans to create centrally managed technology "centres of excellence" in key offshore locations around the globe. Tough bargaining forces outsourcing price cuts Profile: Nandan... [14 Jul 2008]
The Naked CIO: Enemies of the state
Comment We are losing jobs and devaluing talent because of growing offshore initiatives by companies the government is implicitly encouraging through its silence and inaction. They should reward those that choose to stay and penalise companies that decide... [14 Jul 2008]
Gareth Lewis
CIO Profile During his time at Virgin, Lewis took a lead role in the establishment of a number of new Virgin businesses worldwide, mainly in the telecoms sector, and he established a successful offshore outsourcing programme resulting in around $40m per year... [11 Jun 2008]
What scores in the global tech league?
Comment It seems every government is now playing this game, because the analysts are all publishing detailed charts and research that details the best place to offshore - aiming to guide those managers responsible for setting up offshore delivery centres. [03 Jun 2008]
Northern Ireland builds high tech credentials
News In February, Northern Ireland made Gartner's top 30 locations for offshore services majoring in education, infrastructure, language, globalisation maturity and security and privacy, and recent Financial Times research found there are more software... [02 Jun 2008]
Carphone Warehouse's 'bumpy road' to outsourcing success
Case Study Tough bargaining forces outsourcing price cuts Profile: Nandan Nilekani, co-chairman, Infosys India losing status as offshore king? The company uses some Indian providers, outsourcing testing to TCS, some level one and two... [28 May 2008]
The Naked CIO: The skills drain needs fixing
Comment The news that the bank will offshore most IT operations and retain only 20 per cent of its IT resources in the UK is extremely disappointing. This downward spiral will create a permanent dependency on offshore locations, regardless of cost or... [27 May 2008]
Lloyds TSB offshores 450 tech jobs to India
News Hundreds of IT jobs could be lost at Lloyds TSB as part of the bank's plans to offshore 450 posts from the UK to India this year, a trade union is warning. Lloyds TSB will offshore up to 250 permanent and 200 contractor posts in the technical... [19 May 2008]
Photos: Discover high-tech India
Photo Bangalore is India's most famous offshore location but the city of Hyderabad is also one of the country's tech hotspots, and silicon.com went to see it first hand this month. AppLabs, Keane, Microsoft and Oracle Corporation operate offshore... [28 Apr 2008]
Tech to tackle India's poverty
News Tough bargaining forces outsourcing price cuts Profile: Nandan Nilekani, co-chairman, Infosys India losing status as offshore king? Villagers in India are turning to technology to lift them out of the deprivation that keeps... [23 Apr 2008]
China key to Indian IT growth
News Tough bargaining forces outsourcing price cuts Profile: Nandan Nilekani, co-chairman, Infosys India losing status as offshore king? The company claims this training and employee empowerment has helped reduce its staff... [21 Apr 2008]
Wanted: Women must save IT industry
News The report adds that the UK must reduce its reliance on skilled offshore workers and rebuild its domestic IT labour force to serve emerging areas such as analytics, information management, design and innovation. [15 Apr 2008]
The Naked CIO: Crunch time for large projects
Comment The Naked CIO: Offshore - or off their trolley? He has achieved that status by transforming BA into one of the most tech-savvy organisations in the world. Project failures suck all the attention away from IT's real contributions. [14 Apr 2008]
Photos: High-tech Bangalore
Photo This is the home of one of India's biggest IT companies, Wipro, at the Electronics City high-tech business park in Bangalore, India.silicon.com visited Bangalore last month and got a tour of the sprawling campus, which is home to around 15,500 of... [02 Apr 2008]
IT chiefs cutting back on contractors
News This has been achieved through a combination of a move to offshore resourcing and greater emphasis on sustaining permanent staff skills. IT contractors are finding it harder to secure work, with the joblessness rate among temporary tech staff... [28 Mar 2008]
